I meant "serious" about learning, as opposed to guys taking a street race out on to the track. Or just joyriding instead of trying to actually get better. I had heard that some drivers were reluctant to give passes when certain "rival" cars were out there, that sort of thing. Or people overdriving, over aggressive.
But again, these are all things I *heard*. I've never been to one of these events. And I did sign up and pay for one, but then I had more than one person warn me off.
On the other hand, you guys here who apparently instruct with them and have first hand experience make me feel much better about it.
The three events I've done have been PCA. I've felt extremely comfortable. I didn't feel like anybody in the green or yellow (blue) groups was trying to prove anything. I got pass signals pretty quickly when appropriate and I tried to give them out just as quickly. I did make one mistake where I hesitated (not sure if the guys behind me was really faster than me in the turns, he had 130hp on me on the straights) and so I gave the signal very late. It turned out I had to pass him on the next straight because I was in fact faster in the turns. But I still regretted that I took so long to decide and made him take an awkward pass. So I looked for him after the run and apologized for my indecision and he was very cool about it. The whole atmosphere was really great.
But then on some other boards for the other cars I have or had, you see people saying "oh, I wasted a Porsche at the track the other day. Those cars aren't that fast, I can't believe those things are $20k more than our cars, what an idiot", etc. That's the kind of thing I don't want to get caught up in, because just that sounds juvenile, stupid, and dangerous to me. And I don't mean to say this is a Porsche vs non-Porsche thing. If I was driving a Celica and some guy in a E55 was trying to show off to an Civic, I'd still be unhappy because that could potentially affect me out there.
But I'm glad to hear first hand experience that the FATTs are not like that. So I will give it a try.
Firoze
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